Point of View Effect on the Reader Meanings

Making links between texts learning mat

The ability to make connections between what you read, other texts, your experiences and the world around you is an important skill. Here are some ideas to help identify connections that will make your links precise.

point of view effect on the reader meanings

context structure

the writer’s purpose layout empathy text type emotions

imagery symbols facts and opinions

language choices complexity

sentences tone connotations themes

genre formality

audience style techniques used

Useful words and phrases

equally likewise similarly in contrast in the same way however in fact
until the opposite similar because overall / after all comparatively whenever because
Text to text
A connection between the text and another text that you have read / Text to self
A connection between the text and something in your own life-experience / Text to world
A connection between the text and something that is happening or has happened in the world
How is this text similar to other things that you have read?
How is this text different to other things that you have read?
Does it make you feel/react in the same way as other texts you have read? How? Why?
Is the language/presentation/content similar to other texts? / What does this text remind you of? How?
Can you relate to its characters/messages/language? How? Why?
Does anything in this text remind you of your own life/experiences/points of view/outlook?
Does this text make you think about something from a different perspective? / What does this text remind you of in the real world?
If the text is fictional, how are events similar or different to events in the real world?
How does the text link to the time period in which it was written?
How does the text link to ideas and viewpoints in society? (e.g. attitudes to war, views about controversial issues etc.)
albeit alternatively despite this instead nevertheless therefore different because

Use the following questions to help you make links between texts.

· Who are the texts written for? How do you know?

· What kind of language is used in each text?

· Do the texts belong to the same genre?

· What kinds of themes/ideas/symbols/images are there in the texts? Are these similar or different?

· What are the texts about? A similar or different subject?

· Are the texts written for the same purpose? How do you know?

· Are the texts written for the same audience? How do you know?

· What kind of language is used in each text? Are there any links?

· How do the texts make you feel? Do they have a similar or different impact on you? How? Why?